The scale invariant generator technique for quantifying anisotropic scale invariance

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 963-978

  Lewis, G M ^a   Lovejoy, S ^a   Schertzer, D ^b   Pecknold, S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Analysis technique; Anisotropy; Multifractal; Scale invariance; Texture

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0033384182     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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